The Cook wrote:

....finding rhubarb...

i have trimmed some trees and shrubs
along that edge so they will get more
light again. the ones further to the
south are doing fine, but i've gradually
extended the line further north along
the edge and that has gotten along the
honeysuckle bushes and some trees so
the new plants haven't grown as strongly
as the rest of them yet.

i already cut back one small tree that
i could get the loppers around, but i will
need to get the saw out to take down the
other two small trees. both growing next
to a tree trunk that i took down with a
chisel and hammer a few years ago.

also along that edge i'm digging out
invasive grasses and smothering them to
keep them from taking over. i keep piling
weeds, cardboard, leaves, etc back there
which the rhubarb seems to enjoy and that
also helps smother the grasses.


Hopefully I will feel like getting out there more next year.

i hope so too, but i know how tough it
can be to move when it hurts. *hugs*


songbird